Dermatophytosis: Prevalence of Dermatophytes and Non-Dermatophyte Fungi from Patients Attending Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Adane Bitew

“…Tinea capitis was the predominant clinical manifestation consisting of 48.1% of the cases. Among 153 patients with tinea capitis, 73.2% were in the age group of 1-14 years. …”
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Long-term functioning status of COVID-19 survivors: a prospective observational evaluation of a cohort of patients surviving hospitalisation by Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Felipe Fregni, Marta Imamura, Vinicius Delgado Ramos, Lucas Ramos De Pretto, Simon K H A A Van Cauwenbergh, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Denise Matheus, Flavia Kuhn, Ana Alice Amaral de Oliveira, Gabriella Souza Naves, Aline Rossetti Mirisola, Fernando de Quadros Ribeiro, Andre Tadeu Sugawara, Mauricio Cantarino, Rafael Andrade Santos Antunes Cavalca, Vanessa Pagano, Melina Valentim Marques, Elizabeth Mendes da Silva, Alessandra Pereira Gomes

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Iodine activates NLRP3 inflammasomes in PBMCs of patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and regulates Th1 and Th17 cell differentiation by Ying Wu, Qingling Guo, Yongping Liu, Xun Gong, Wei Sun, Yushu Li, Chenling Fan, Weiping Teng, Zhongyan Shan

“…Significantly increased percentages of Th1 and Th17 cells were detected in AIT patients compared with those in the healthy participants (P < 0.001). …”
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Sleep behaviour and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: protocol for a longitudinal study by Jie Zhou, Jing Wu, Lan Huang, Yiyan Wang, Husheng Li, Xubo Wu

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Patients’ and physiotherapists’ perspectives on implementing a tailored stratified treatment approach for low back pain in Nigeria: a qualitative study by Kay Stevenson, Mishael Adje, Jost Steinhäuser, Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Sven Karstens

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The volatilome – investigation of volatile organic metabolites (VOM) as potential tumor markers in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) by Philipp Opitz, Olf Herbarth

“…Results In total 81 VOMs could identified in the urine samples of all study participants, of which 25 were significantly increased and of which were 10 significantly reduced in HNSCC-patients compared to the controls. …”
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Association between estimated glomerular filtration rate, urinary albuminuria-creatinine ratio, and stroke prevalence in patients with chronic kidney disease by Jianfeng Xiang, Mengli Tong, Dongrong Yu, Yinfeng Chen

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Proportion of Ophthalmic Self-Medication and Associated Factors among Adult Ophthalmic Patients Attending Borumeda Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia by Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Zemed Guchma Woldetsadik, Haile Woretaw Alemu

“…The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of ophthalmic self-medication and associated factors among adult ophthalmic patients attending Borumeda Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019. …”
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Dimensions of suffering and the need for palliative care: experiences and expectations of patients living with cancer and diabetes and their caregivers in Mexico – a qualitative st... by Svetlana V Doubova, Ingrid Patricia Martinez-Vega, Felicia Knaul, Afsan Bhadelia, Diana Pérez-Moran, Nancy García-Cervantes

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Incidence of diabetic retinopathy and predictors among adult patients with diabetes in central and southern Ethiopia: a multicentre retrospective cohort study by Tagese Yakob, Awoke Abraham, Begidu Yakob, Mesfin Menza Jaldo

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Adapting to ulcerative colitis to try to live a ‘normal’ life: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences in the Midlands region of England by Rachel Cooney, Christel McMullan, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Laura Magill, Thomas D Pinkney, Jonathan M Mathers, Laura L Jones, Shri Pathmakanthan

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Long-term risk factors for developing Barrett’s oesophagus in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a longitudinal cohort study by John F Dillon, Paul Brennan, James Cotton, James Carberry, Christopher J Byrne

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Acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: evaluation of risk factors and mortality in a national cohort by Pål Klepstad, Eirik Aasen Aukland, Stein Magnus Aukland, Fatemeh Zamanzad Ghavidel, Eirik Alnes Buanes

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Feasibility study to assess the delivery of a lifestyle intervention (TreatWELL) for patients with colorectal cancer undergoing potentially curative treatment by Annie S Anderson, Ronan E O’Carroll, Martine Stead, Robert J C Steele, Mary Wells, Maureen Macleod, Anna Campbell, Jacqui A Sugden, Jackie Rodger, Jennifer McKell

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How does health literacy associated to bio-behavioral and psycho-social outcomes among hemodialysis patients? A systematic review by Leila Zhianfar, Haidar Nadrian, Zeinab Javadivala, Sarisa Najafi, Shayesteh Shirzadi, Kamyar Pirehbabi, Ozra Honarpazhouh, Somayeh Azimi, Tahyebeh Shirvani, Sakineh Haj Ebrahimi, Devender Bhalla

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Experiences of ‘traditional’ and ‘one-stop’ MRI-based prostate cancer diagnostic pathways in England: a qualitative study with patients and GPs by Fiona M Walter, Stephanie Archer, Willie Hamilton, Samuel William David Merriel, John McGrath, Alice S Forster, Hashim Uddin Ahmed, David Eldred-Evans

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Factors associated with hospital length of stay in patients admitted with suspected malaria in Kenya: secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey by Hillary Kipruto, Beatrice Machini, Jacqueline Chesang, Beatrice Amboko, Thomas N O Achia

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Socioeconomic environment and survival in patients after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): a longitudinal study for the City of Vienna by Christian Roth, Michael Kühn, Rudolf Berger, Sonja Spitzer, Vanessa di Lego

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Burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance among hospitalised patients in Spain: findings from three nationwide prospective studiesResearch in context by Germán Peñalva, Rafael Cantón, María Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez, Juan José González-López, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Ester del Barrio-Tofiño, Cristina Kirkegaard-Biosca, Isabel Sánchez-Romero, Andrea Gutiérrez-Villanueva, Teresa Marrodán-Ciordia, José Manuel Guerra-Laso, Cristóbal del Rosario-Quintana, Laura Suárez-Hormiga, Jordi Cámara, Mireia Puig-Asensio, Eva Heredero, María Antonia Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz, Esperanza Merino, Emilia Cercenado, Sofia de la Villa, María Siller, Francisco Arnaiz, Cristina Seral, José Antonio Lepe, José Miguel Cisneros, José Ramón Paño-Pardo

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Impact of subgingival periodontal treatment on systemic markers of inflammation in patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials by Marie Chavez, Asshly Ramirez, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Daniel Comandé, Diego Azañedo

“…A qualitative synthesis of the evidence was performed.ResultsTwo RCTs with 228 participants (ages 35–65) were included. Montero et al. reported significant reductions in CRP levels favoring the treatment group at 3 months (2.7 mg/L ± SE: 0.4 vs. 3.9 mg/L ± SE: 0.6; p = 0.001) and 6 months (2.9 mg/L ± SE: 0.4 vs. 4.0 mg/L ± SE: 0.8; p = 0.004). …”
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